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2011 Program Archive
| Ian Masters speaks with Libyan born humanitarian Omar Turbi on the conflicts currently taking place in Libya. Turbi promotes democracy and dialogue in the Arab world and Arab-American community. |
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| Micah Sifry discusses his new book, Wikileaks and the Age of Transparency. He is an expert on issue related to technology and politics. His new book puts WikiLeaks into a broader perspective. |
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William K. Black, who was responsible for putting people in jail after the S & L debacle, talks with Ian Masters about the Academy Award winning movie, Inside Job. |
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Bill Leuders, news editor of Isthmus, Madison, Wisconsin's alternative weekly, discusses the call that pranked Governor Scott Walker and analyzes the right-wing Republican agenda for both Wisconsin and the entire nation. |
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Dirk Vandewalle, Dartmouth professor and author of A History of Modern Libya, discusses the situation in Libya. |
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Dani Rodrik, professor of International Political Economy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, talks about his new book, The Globalization Paradox. |
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| Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, chair of the Political Science Department at University of New England and author of The Making of Modern Libya, assesses the situation in Libya |
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